Court affirms online content law unconstitutional

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(AP) -- A federal appeals court agreed Tuesday with a lower court ruling that struck down as unconstitutional a 1998 law intended to protect children from sexual material and other objectionable content on the Internet.


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Japan's Fujifilm slashes profit forecast by 23 percent

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Japan's Fujifilm Holdings Corp. on Thursday lowered its profit forecasts for the financial year to March by about one quarter, blaming a worsening global economy and high material costs.

Saving lives through smarter hurricane evacuations

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Hundreds of lives and hundreds of millions of dollars could potentially be saved if emergency managers could make better and more timely critical decisions when faced with an approaching hurricane. Now, an MIT graduate student ...

Immaterial display allows viewers to handle 3D images in air

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(PhysOrg.com) -- In the future of immersive entertainment, people may not only walk through floating 3D images, but also manipulate the images in thin air. Taking a step toward this reality, researchers have ...

Reborn retail site fires salvo in shipping war

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(AP) -- With gas prices high and consumers stretching shopping dollars, competition is heating up online for deals - and a discount retail site hopes to fan the flames by shipping orders for $1.95.

New media army descends on convention

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A new media army has descended on the Democratic convention in Colorado this week, boldly claiming to offer a fresh perspective on US politics distinct from the mainstream media.
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